Purpose: There is no independent standardized self-management approach available for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this project was to develop and test a novel self-management manual for individuals ...

Background: With the growing burden of COPD and associated morbidity and mortality, a need for self-management has been identified. The Self-management Programme of Activity, Coping and Education for Chronic Obstructive ...

Aim: To review lecturers’ and students’ perceptions of the factors that
may lead to attrition from pre-registration nursing and midwifery
programmes and to identify ways to reduce the impact of such
factors on the ...

Background: The older population of Europe is increasing and there has
been a corresponding increase in long term care costs. This project sought to
promote active ageing by delivering tasks via a tablet computer to ...

The present research tests the longitudinal role of life satisfaction on materialism among Chinese adolescents, and provides empirical evidence to support the theorisation that materialism develops as compensation for ...

This is an introduction of a special issue by the internaitonal journal of Chinese Language and Discourse, in which an overview is presented to discuss recent development of research on Chinese speaking children in the ...